MPLAB and the simulator  under windows at least - doesn't support much
really. I doen't support the serial port in any of ot's modes, it doesn't
support the A/D functions, it doesn't support PWM, CCP or a whole load of
other things. On the 12 series PICs, it doesn't support much in the way of
GPIO either, like the pin GP3/MCLR and stuff

You could try 4.99.07 from the microchip website, this claims to support
more peripheral functions, I know that they said it supported the GPIO port
on the 12 series better, but I found that version perpetually crashed on my
system, especially when saving a project. Personally, I'm hanging on for
version 5.00, due out within a fortnght.

regards, Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Somasundaram Meiyappan <meisoms@MD4.VSNL.NET.IN>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:41 AM
Subject: 16F876, SSPSTAT(CKE) bit cannot be changed?


> Hi PIClisters,
>
> I was trying to configure the SPI mode in a 16F876 in MPLAB. I set the
bank
> properly(Bank1). Then said - BSF SSPSTAT,CKE / BSF SSPSTAT,6. But the CKE
> bit does not get set when I am running the program under MPSIM. I use
MPLAB
> 4.12.00 . I also tried setting the SSPCON (Bank0) before/ after
configuring
> the SSPSTAT. In either way, the CKE bit is not set in SSPSTAT.
>
> Have you experienced such problems before? If so, is it a problem with
> MPLAB or with the device?
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Somasundaram Meiyappan.
>
> ** Snippet No.1
> bsf     STATUS,RP0
> bsf     SSPSTAT,CKE
>
> bcf     STATUS,RP0
> movlw   0x22
> movwf   SSPCON
>
> ** Snippet No.2
> bcf     STATUS,RP0
> movlw   0x22
> movwf   SSPCON
>
> bsf     STATUS,RP0
> bsf     SSPSTAT,6
>
> ** Snippet No.3
> bsf     STATUS,RP0
> movlw   0x40
> movwf   SSPSTAT ; Pls. note that Bits 0-5 are read only in SSPSTAT
>
> bcf     STATUS,RP0
> movlw   0x22
> movwf   SSPCON
>
> All the codes above did not set CKE. But the SSPCON register is being
> changed by all the codes.
>